FLE 308 (01-04) Teaching English to Young Learners 2010-11 Spring Wednesday 8:40-11:30 / 14:40-17:30 Dr.

Deniz all- opur dsalli@metu.edu.tr Office: Z-17 http://ocw.metu.edu.tr Course Description This course aims to provide students with the theoretical and practical aspects of Teaching English to Young Learners (TEYL). More specifically, the course addresses issues related to theories of learning, the learning strategies of young children, teaching-learning activities, the classroom methods and techniques to be used when teaching English to young learners; the development of games, songs and visual materials and their use in teaching and assessment of young English learners. Syllabus Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10: Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 February 23 Introduction: What is TEYL? Defining a Young Learners: Who are young learners? What are their cognitive and affective characteristics? Myths about young learners and TEYL Children Learning a Foreign Language (Cameron: Ch. 1; Linse, Ch.1) Learning styles and Mixed ability options (articles: Diaz- Maggioli, 1996; all-opur, 2005) Learning Difficulties, Disabilities, Disorders Vocabulary Teaching in YL classes * (Cameron: Ch. 4; Linse Ch.6) Teaching Listening & Speaking in YL classes * (Cameron: Ch.3; Linse, Ch, 2 & 3) Teaching Reading & Writing in YL classes * (Cameron: Ch. 6; Linse, Ch.4 & 5) Grammar Teaching in YL classes * Inductive vs. Deductive/ Implicit vs. Explicit (Cameron: Ch. 5) MIDTERM Instructive Strategies: The role of pictures, stories, drama, dance, songs, films, games, technology in YL classes* (Cameron: Ch. 7) Classroom management with YL*: Classroom atmosphere, classroom safety, classroom discipline Cooperating with parents of YL (Linse, Ch.8) Lesson Planning and preparing your own resources Different Syllabi and Materials for YL (Cameron: Ch.8) Error Correction/ Mistake Management Evaluation of Young Learners (Cameron: Ch.10) Poster Presentation Poster Presentation FLE 308 (01-04) Teaching English to Young Learners, 1

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Materials Cameron, L. (2001). Teaching Languages to Young Learners. Cambridge University Press. Linse, T. C. (2005). Practical English Language Teaching: Young Learners. McGraw Hill: NY. Selected articles and chapters.

Assessment Mid-term: Final (Take Home): Activity Presentation: Poster Presentation 35 % 35 % 15 % 15%

Article & Activity Presentation In groups of 3-4, choose an article that presents an activity for young learners from English Teaching Forum http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/forum-journal.html The Internet TESL Journal http://iteslj.org The International TEYL Journal http://www.teyl.org or any other journal with a practical focus (see METU Online for some examples). I. Summarize the article briefly and indicate: a. In what kind of a lesson would you use the activity? b. What kind of a student group would you address with the activity? c. What would your objectives be in using the activity? II. Execute only the activity in class to see if it works (15 minutes). * From the topics with an asterisk (*), choose one to select your article for the presentation.

Poster Presentation In groups of 3-4, prepare a poster to be used with a class of young learners (decide on your age group). Your poster may have a vocabulary, grammar or skill (reading, listening, speaking and writing) focus. Your poster should present the language using print visuals with some information (depending on the age of your learners).

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